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MEDIA ADVISORY
Commissioner to Discuss
"The Health of the Newest New Jerseyans" at Rutgers

NEW BRUNSWICK – On Tuesday, March 1, Health and Senior Services Commissioner Dr. Poonam Alaigh will release the report, “The Health of the Newest New Jerseyans: A Resource Guide,” and will discuss the health status and health needs of the state’s nearly 2 million foreign-born residents.

More than 20 percent of New Jersey’s population is foreign born.The DHSS report examines the particular health issues various foreign-born groups face and how their health status and health behaviors change the longer they live in the U.S.

The Commissioner will brief the media at 12:30 p.m. at the Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging at Rutgers, 112 Paterson St., New Brunswick.Directions to the Institute are at: www.ihhcpar.rutgers.edu/directions.asp.